Technology
ISIF invests €19m in €38m round for Kaseya
Irish IT management software business will increase its Irish headcount from 30 to 160
Axa Strategic Ventures launches $175m fund-of-funds
VC firm aims to deploy capital in a global portfolio of "top-tier" venture capital funds
Aster holds €240m first close for sixth fund
VC firm is already working on investing in a first European company via the fund
Index Ventures takes part in $20m round for Behavox
Citigroup leads the funding round, alongside Hoxton Ventures and Promus Ventures
Cipio sells Wywy to PE-backed TVSquared
TVSquared simultaneously opens a Munich office to provide ground support for European clients
LDC reaps 3x return from sale of Atcore to Inflexion
Sale of reservation software developer brings to an end a three-and-a-half-year tenure for LDC
Oxford leads £3m round for Wrisk
Insurance aggregation and administration platform will launch its mobile offering in 2018
Technology: Europe's magnetic north
Mid-market deals in northern Europe are at the forefront of tech deal activity, with enterprise software and payment tech notable areas of attraction
Sequoia invests $50m in Graphcore
Fresh capital will be used to expand production capacity in Bristol and Palo Alto
LDC supports £16m SBO of Eque2 from Livingbridge
Construction admin software firm will acquire Miracle Dynamics Payroll and HR Solution
Atlantic Labs in $11.6m round for Neufund
Philipp Freise of KKR and Michael Jackson of Mangrove Capital also take part
Atlantic Bridge finances €2m round for Aylien
Backers in the round include existing investors SOSV and Enterprise Ireland
Keen Venture Partners et al. in €14m round for EclecticIQ
Consortium of investors back the Dutch cybersecurity business with a €14m round
UK tech dealflow resilient despite spectre of Brexit
UK investments accounted for 28% of European tech dealflow in the first three quarters of 2017, with a flurry of fintech deals already seen in Q4
Capzanine sells stake in Taliance
Capzanine became a majority shareholder in the financial software business during an LBO in 2007
83North invests $12m in TIS
Fresh capital will be used to accelerate product development and scale operations
GRO Capital backs Tacton's MBO
Deal is the first investment in Sweden for GRO Capital, which currently has five portfolio assets
Caixa, Sabadell lead €1.3m round for Snappy
Mobile application developer intends to raise an additional funding round within two years
Jolt Capital holds final close on €83m
GP holds a final close for Jolt Capital III, which will have a three-year investment period
Bayern Kapital in €7m funding round for Fineway
Corporate venture capital firms Mairdumont Ventures and Axel Springer also take part
Sunstone closes two funds totalling €159m
Sunstone Technology Fund IV held a final close on тЌ112m and will target 30 investments
BPI France et al. back Conecteo in MBO
GPs take part in a new round of funding for French customer interaction software developer
BNP Paribas, Normandie Participations inject €2m into Alticap
GPs invest in the French IT firm with debt provided by BPI France and CIC
Vector injects $77m into CloudSense
Commerce software business will expand its North American presence following the deal